DUBLIN/OSLO/MADRID, May 22 — Ireland, Spain and Norway announced on Wednesday that they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28, saying they hoped other Western countries would follow suit, prompting Israel to recall its ambassadors.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 14 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's proposal to expand the role of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) is a recognition of the department's current function and position.

GEORGE TOWN, June 12 — Bukit Bendera today received a certificate of recognition as a biosphere reserve site under the ‘Man and the Biosphere (MAB)’ Programme by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

KUALA LUMPUR, July 6 — The EU should not discriminate over where AstraZeneca vaccines are produced as the same formula is used at all its manufacturing facilities, said the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 — The issue over vaccine recognition must be discussed and clarified at the international level so that there is no discrimination, said Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.